No Cash Back
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Post-BDM. Jayne is evenly matched against a woman who steals his cash. As their day-long duel ensues, Mal gets the bright idea to offer her a job.
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 3880 RATING: 9.0 (G) SERIES: FIREFLY
A.N.: I introduce Sky in ‘First Job’… here’s how I imagine they met her. It’s not officially part of the series, and I don’t think up to that quality level either, but hey, I wrote it in church this morning.
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It started in a bar. She lifted the money right out of his pocket and Jayne still regretted that he hadn’t felt her hand on him. Mal had noticed and grabbed her wrist, but she met is look with a disarming smile and managed to break his wrist without anyone noticing. Anyone except Jayne who knew Mal weren’t prone to reaching out at loose women.
She was half way to the door when Jayne caught up to Mal, saw his mangled hand, and worked out his shocked face. He was about to laugh at Mal for being mishandled by a girl when Mal said those magic words.
“She stole your cash.”
The humor drained from Jayne’s spirit as he felt his empty pocket and looked after those swishing blonde curls, weaving through the crowd. In a swift, lithe move counter to his size, Jayne stepped onto the pool table and leapt over the crowd to tackle the woman. A startled cry went through the room and Mal reached across his body for his gun, bracing his broken right hand against his chest.
Jabs, rolls, uppercuts, hooks. She blocked his blows as easily as he blocked hers. Evenly matched, Mal would have guessed the spar was choreographed, but as neither made progress in defeating the other, the moves became more vicious. The fight traveled into the street, down the block, through a hotel lobby, and out to a courtyard. Mal followed a few steps behind waiting for Jayne to ask for help, but at the moment, the merc seemed to be enjoying himself too much, and Mal knew the man had some pent up anger that needed releasing.
They pursued the woman to an Intalian restaurant at which point Jayne suggested they break for dinner and she agreed. She introduced herself as Sky, and the battle continued with words as she and Jayne one-upped each other with sto
You can't take the sky from me
Still...could we possibly see more of Michael's back story? Especially the moment where Inara and Mal find out their son is deaf/hearing-impaired, since I can imagine that would cause some major consternation...
BEB
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